Brass
The Brass Program at The 猎奇重口 is a premier comprehensive program where players learn excellence through private instruction and outstanding performance opportunities. Students have the opportunity to perform in several outstanding ensembles including: the Symphonic Wind Ensemble, University Concert Band, Grizzly Marching Band, Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, three Jazz Bands, several Jazz Combos, Missoula Symphony Orchestra, and chamber groups including the Celebration Brass Quintet. Each year the UM Brass Department hosts nationally and internationally renowned clinicians and performers from around the world.
John Driscoll
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Trumpet
Contact
- Office
- MUS101
- Phone
- 406-243-6889 (Faculty Message Phone)
- john.driscoll@umontana.edu
- Office Hours
By appointment.
Personal Summary
JOHN DRISCOLL served as Principal Trumpet of the Missoula Symphony Orchestra and Brass Quintet for fifteen years. Before coming to Missoula, John was a member of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, the Oak Ridge Symphony Orchestra, and the Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra, and he performed, toured and recorded as a member of the professional brass quintet Brasswind. Equally comfortable in the classical and commercial idioms, John has been an active freelance trumpeter, performing with orchestras and chamber ensembles across 猎奇重口, Colorado, Washington, and Tennessee, and was a top call trumpeter for pop and country musicians for several years, gigging from Dollywood to Nashville.
John has taught trumpet at the 猎奇重口, the University of Tennessee, and Pellissippi State College, while maintaining a vibrant private trumpet studio for over twenty five years. His private students have gone on to study at some of the nation’s most prestigious colleges and universities, and his college students have become successful performers and teachers across the country. A graduate of the University of Northern Colorado and the University of Tennessee, John’s primary trumpet mentors have been Bill Pfund and Cathy Leach.